What: First Lady Jill Biden announced *another* $500 million for women’s health research at the Clinton Global Initiative, in addition to the commitments the White House has already outlined with the Initiative on Women’s Health Research.
Why it matters: “The Defense Department money will fund research on conditions such as ovarian cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, and musculoskeletal injuries and how they impact women differently.”
Source: The Hill
A study from Mass General Brigham found that Black women are more likely to die from breast cancer than white women, regardless of what kind of breast cancer they have.
Groups that help cover the cost of abortions and the travel required to leave abortion ban states say they are limiting expenditures.
“If there was more research into how different bodies react to IUDs, there’s a chance patients can get the care they need without as drastic of side effects.”
VP Kamala Harris will give a speech in Atlanta Friday “focused on the stories of two Georgia mothers whose deaths …show the consequences of the strict abortion bans passed by Republicans after Roe v. Wade was overturned.”
Amber Thurman, a 28-year-old mother of 6-year-old, is dead. The Georgia woman died because she could not get routine abortion care in her state.
An overview of where things stand in menopause care in America.
Investigating the office tasked with holding accountable hospitals that refuse or fail to treat pregnant women who need care.
A national Australian labor union is pushing for the country’s “National Employment Standards” to include reproductive health leave for all employees.
Black patients with an aggressive form of breast cancer known as “triple-negative” were less likely to get a treatment known as immunotherapy than white patients.
A study from Yale School of Medicine shows 3D mammography found cancer at higher rates than traditional mammography
The American Heart Association, along with other global funders, announced a $10 million grant over 5 years “to study and identify solutions to unmet clinical needs within women’s cardiovascular health.”
A deep dive on exactly how the 1873 law known as “Comstock” could be used to ban abortion nationwide, without a vote in Congress.
The Defense Department money will fund research on conditions such as ovarian cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, and musculoskeletal injuries and how they impact women differently.
Over 200 women faced criminal charges for charges associated with pregnancy between June 2022 and 2023, the most cases seen by Pregnancy Justice in decades of tracking.
Bill Kristol, a former Republican official for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush, calls out Donald Trump for repeatedly and nonsensically saying women will simply stop thinking about abortion if he’s president again.
An NIH-funded study found not only are men more likely to be hospitalized for a heart attack, women are less likely to get treatments.
Amari Marsh spent 22 days in jail and faced 20 years to life in prison for a second trimester miscarriage that landed her in the hospital.
VP Kamala Harris spoke about Amber Thurman, the 28-year-old Georgia mom who died of sepsis when an ER waited too long to remove fetal tissue, on the campaign trail today.
How the physician leading the Menopause Society went from thinking “that asking for additional provisions for women would fuel more gender discrimination — if women required special treatment, employers would have more reason to not hire or promote them” to building a plan.
Digging in to the exceedingly low hormone replacement therapy numbers among American women aged 50-59, with less than four percent using the treatment.